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Two young children are dead and their mother suffered major injuries after two family dogs attacked a baby and toddler outside their West Tennessee home.Kirstie Bennard, 30, suffered critical injuries when she tried to intervene in the attack on her 5-month-old boy, Hollace Dean, and 2-year-old girl, Lilly Jane, family and police said.
"She put her body on top of Lilly’s to try and protect her after the attack started," Bennard's uncle by marriage, Jeff Gibson told USA TODAY on Saturday. "Both (dogs) started attacking her while she lay on Lilly."The two children were pronounced dead when officials arrived at the home, the sheriff's office reported.
It was not immediately known what provoked the mauling.The mauling, Gibson said, lasted about 10 minutes.The dogs – two pit bulls that belonged to the family – were euthanized at Memphis Animal Services Thursday.
The family owned the pets, Cheech and Mia, for more than eight years without a violent incident, Kelsey Canfield, the mother's best friend, told Fox News.
"I can promise you those children were her world, and if there was any inkling of danger, she would have never had those dogs near her kids," Canfield told the outlet. "Those children were everything to them, and they just have a really long journey ahead."
How do you feel about PittBull's? I posted this because my wife shared this story with me and my son was just recently participating in a "read to sheltered dogs" event where you could adopt a dog (I know brilliant).
I've heard the arguments that PittBull's get a bad wrap, but it seems time and time again they are the focal point of dogs who do these horrible acts. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Flying High D:
Probably a pro Pitbull activist, then this happened.
This one has all the typical hallmarks of a pit bull mauling story, including someone offering the press a “the dogs have never acted like that before” quote. You can set your watch to those. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Eleazar:
This one has all the typical hallmarks of a pit bull mauling story, including someone offering the press a “the dogs have never acted like that before” quote. You can set your watch to those.
They’re really great dogs right up until whatever unidentifiable and unpredictable event happens!
Maybe they’ll cuddle you on the couch tomorrow. Maybe a squeaky toy being grabbed by your kid will prompt them to attack everyone in your house.
Originally Posted by Pablo:
They’re really great dogs right up until whatever unidentifiable and unpredictable event happens!
Maybe they’ll cuddle you on the couch tomorrow. Maybe a squeaky toy being grabbed by your kid will prompt them to attack everyone in your house.
Great breed if you ignore all that
“My pit bull is different. It’s the way you raise them, and I am smarter than the other people who own them. Our sweet pittie is scared of his own shadow and he’s great with our kids. He wouldn’t hurt a fly.”
Said before the dog snaps and breaks out of the house to chase down and shred some old lady, or before it kills their kid. Or them [Reply]
Originally Posted by Eleazar:
“My pit bull is different. It’s the way you raise them, and I am smarter than the other people who own them. Our sweet pittie is scared of his own shadow and he’s great with our kids. He wouldn’t hurt a fly.”
Said before the dog snaps and breaks out of the house to chase down and shred some old lady, or before it kills their kid. Or them
Can you imagine the rush a shitbull must feel when it sees two or three toddlers just sitting there. Gotta feel like The Terminator
Video below of a shitbull on the street when it identifies another living thing it can mutilate:
